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Accelerating Riparian Restoration: Solutions for Water Management Challenges

Explore strategies to address the worldwide issue of water scarcity and ecological connectivity loss through cooperative riparian restoration. Discover the importance of water treaties, dams, conservation, and education in preserving our water resources.

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Accelerating Riparian Restoration: Solutions for Water Management Challenges

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  1. Creeks and Communities A Continuing Strategy for Accelerating Cooperative Riparian Restoration and Management

  2. Water – A World Wide Problem Use has tripled since 1950 Severing of ecological connectivity No more Water today than 100 million years ago Loss of Continental Storage

  3. Solutions • Water Treaties • Dams • Conservation • Water Productivity • Environmental Reserves • Education

  4. Catchment Restoration • Luna Leopold – View of the River • US Water Budget • 30” Average Precipitation • Debit 9” runoff • 3” or 1/3 from overland flow • 6” or 2/3 from groundwater • Debit 21” evaporation/transpiration

  5. Opportunity • Decrease runoff Increase Water Storage Keep Water on the Land Longer

  6. ? Riparian Health?

  7. Pre-European Influence

  8. Fisheries and Wildlife Habitat • Varies by species • Varies by Site

  9. Native Species and Height of Vegetation

  10. Native Ungulates

  11. Inclusion of Humans and Their Lifestyles

  12. Stream Function

  13. Bear Creek May 1977

  14. Bear Creek May 1983 6 years

  15. Bear Creek Aug 1986 9 years

  16. Bear Creek June 1987 9.8 years

  17. 10 years Bear Creek Aug 1987

  18. Bear Creek Oct 1988 11 years

  19. Bear Creek Aug 1993 16 years

  20. Bear Creek Nov 1995 18 years

  21. 18.5 years Bear Creek Feb 1996

  22. Bear Creek April 1996 18.7 years

  23. Bear Creek Oct 1996 19 years

  24. Bear Creek Sept 1997 20 years

  25. Bear Creek Dec. 2000 22.5 years

  26. Bear Creek July 2001 24 years

  27. Bear Creek July 2002 25 years

  28. Bear Creek May 2003 26 years

  29. 27 years Bear Creek March 2004

  30. Bear Creek May 2004 27 years

  31. Bear Creek May 2004 27 years

  32. 27 years Bear Creek May 2004

  33. 27 years Bear Creek July 2004

  34. 27 years Bear Creek July 2004

  35. 1977 2001 1983 Bear Creek : Change In Channel Profile (1977 – 2001) 2001 1983 104 102 100 1977 98 96 94 92 90 88 100 105 110 115 120 125 130 135 140 145 150 155 160 165 170 175 180 185 190 195 200 205 210 215 220 225 230 235 240

  36. Difference in Air & Water Temperatures Bear Creek - Central Oregon 1976 100 80 Air 60 Water Difference 40 Temperature (Degrees F) 20 0 -20 -40 12-Aug 16-Aug 20-Aug 24-Aug 28-Aug 8-Aug Date

  37. Difference in Air & Water Temperatures Bear Creek - Central Oregon 1998 120 Air 100 Water Difference 80 Temperature Degrees F 60 40 20 0 7-Aug 11-Aug 23-Aug 27-Aug 19-Aug 15-Aug 31-Aug Date

  38. Bear Creek(3.5 Miles) Data from C. Rasmussen (1996) and W. Elmore

  39. Winston Churchill • Americans can always be trusted to do what is right after they have tried everything else.

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